Crime Statistics for Chelmsley Wood, Solihull, Solihull, 2024

There were a total of 300 street level crime incidents in Chelmsley Wood in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Chelmsley Wood, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	107
Shoplifting	45
Vehicle Crime	38
Criminal Damage Arson	30
Anti Social Behaviour	23
Other Theft	15
Public Order	13
Burglary	9
Robbery	6
Other Crime	4
Drugs	3
Theft From The Person	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	300

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Chelmsley Wood. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Chelmsley Wood

We've taken the ten nearest places to Chelmsley Wood and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Chelmsley Wood has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Shard End (2.24 miles)	436
Bacon’s End (0.88 miles)	421
Sheldon (2.24 miles)	342
Tile Cross (1.24 miles)	330
Chelmsley Wood	300
Marston Green (0.88 miles)	163
Cole End (1.96 miles)	76
Coleshill (1.96 miles)	76
Duke End (2.24 miles)	17
Little Packington (2.24 miles)	6

Where are the most violent places near Chelmsley Wood?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Chelmsley Wood and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Shard End	191
Bacon’s End	157
Tile Cross	133
Sheldon	114
Chelmsley Wood	107
Marston Green	53
Cole End	26
Coleshill	26
Duke End	8
Little Packington	3

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Chelmsley Wood?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Chelmsley Wood to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Chelmsley Wood compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Chelmsley Wood and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Chelmsley Wood is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Shard End	86
2	Kingshurst and Fordbridge	85
3	Chelmsley Wood	83
4	Smith's Wood	76
5	Glebe Farm & Tile Cross	75
6	Garretts Green	75
7	Castle Bromwich	64
8	Coleshill South	57
9	Bickenhill	53
10	Elmdon	40
11	Coleshill North	32

Which road in Chelmsley Wood has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Chelmsley Wood with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Bosworth Drive.